Stock-feeder.



No. 660,596. Patented out. 30, I900. J. J. smeu-zv.

STOCK FEEDER.

[Application filed June 9, 1900.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH J. SINGLEY, OF EL DORADO, KANSAS.

STO'CK'r'FEEDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 660,596, dated October 30, 1900. Application filed. June 9, 1900. serial N0- 19,72'7. (No model-J To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH J. SINGLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at El Dorado, in the county of Butler and State of Kansas,have invented a new and useful Stock- Feeder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to stock-feeders, and has for one object to provide an improved device of this character which is especially adapted for feeding hogs and arranged to exclude the animals from the trough when the latter is being supplied with the feed. It is furthermore designed to arrange the device for supplying the feed from the rear side thereof, so that the attendant may not be interfered with by the animals, and to conveniently expose the trough after the latter has been supplied with feed.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings,and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a stock-feeder constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof with the trough closed against access to the animals. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2 with the device arranged in position for feeding the stock.

Corresponding parts are designated by like characters of reference in all of the figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a substantially V- shaped feed-trough, the opposite ends of which are closed by means of the opposite transverse sills 2 and 3, that project laterally at opposite sides of the trough and have their upper edges flush with the upper edge of the trough.

Secured to the outer sides of the respective sills are the opposite uprights or standards 4 and 5, which are arranged at the opposite ends of the .trough and are slightly narrower than the latter. Adjacent to the rear edge of each upright there is provided a vertical slot 6, which opens upwardlythrough the upper end of the standard,'so as to forma post 7, which is terminatedshort of the upper end 1 of the standard and is spaced rearwardly therefrom. Removably received Within the opposite slots of the standards is a back 8, formed by a single board, the opposite ends -of which project beyond the standards and are provided with inner transverse cleats or shoulders 9 to bear against the outer faces of the respective standards, so as to prevent endwise displacement of the back. As best indicated in Fig. 3 of the drawings, it will be seen that the base or bottom of each slot 6 terminates a suitable distance above the upper edge of the trough, so that the wall at this closed end of the slot may support the back 'at a suitable distance above the trough, and as the back is located inwardly from the rear edge of the trough there is sufficient space to permit of the feed being introduced into the trough from the rear side thereof with the back in position.

In order that the trough may be conveniently divided into separate compartments for theindividual animals, there is provided a plurality of blocks 10, which are secured to the front side of the back and project forwardly therefrom,so as to overhang the trough adjacent to the open upper side thereof and form partitions to separate the animals. The upper edges 11 of the blocks or partitions are inclined downwardly and forwardly from the back, and secured transversely across these edges is a longitudinal guard strip or bar 12 to decrease the size of each compartment, so as to admit only the head of the animal and thereby exclude the feet and legs thereof.

To close the front side of the trough, there is provided a vertically rocking gate 13, formed by a pair of longitudinal slats or bars, which are connected by means of the opposite transverse cleats 14, which are located inwardly from the adjacent ends of the gate and are also designed to form stops for engagement with the inner sides of the adjacent standards, so as to limit the movement of the gate. To guide the gate in its movement, the opposite standards are provided with corre sponding vertical slots 15, through which the .disposed lateral pivots or journals 19, the upper of which is pivotally received within a suitable perforation formed in the outer end portion of the lower bar of the gate, and the opposite journal is similarly received in a perforation formed in a cleat or block 20, secured to one side of the standard. By this arrangement the gate may be swung or rocked vertically andlongitudinally to open and close the front side of the trough. It will be observed that the links swing simultaneously in the same direction, and therefore one of' the links and the adjacent hearing-block are located at the outer side of the adjacent standard, while the opposite link and block are located upon the inner side of the opposite standard; also, each block is disposed slightly in rear of the front edge of the standard, so that the link may strike against the standard when the gate has reached its highest limit, and the cleats 14 are so disposed as to alternately engage the inner sides of the adjacent posts 16 to limit the movement of the gate and tend to hold the latter steady. In the lowermost position of the gate the latter rests upon the upper edges of the opposite sills.

The gate is locked at its opposite limits by means of a pin or key 21, that passes through a perforation 22 in the upper bar of the gate and also into a perforation 23 in a post 24, secured to the front side of the back 8, to lock the gate at its upper limit. Another perforation 25 is provided in the upper bar of the gate and is adapted to register with a similar opening 26, formed in the post 24 and below the upper opening 23, so as to receive the pin or key, as shown in Fig. 2, to lock the gate in the closed position thereof.

What is claimed is"' 1. A stock-feeder comprisinga trough, uprights at the opposite ends thereof, a back supported by the uprights, a vertically and longitudinally swinging gate located at the front of the trough and. having its opposite ends guided in vertical slots in the uprights,

van intermediate post carried by the front side of the back and provided with upper. and lower perforations, the gate also being provided with opposite perforations, which correspond with the respective perforations of the post in the opposite positions of the gate, and a removable fastening carried in one of the perforations of the gate and fitted in corresponding perforations of the gate and the post to lock the former at its opposite limits.

2. In a stock-feeder, a trough, uprights-at the opposite ends thereof and provided with corresponding vertical slots opening upwardly, and a back having its opposite ends removably fitted within the respective slots, and carrying a plurality of vertical and forwardly-projecting partitions upon its front side and overhanging the trough.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in thepresence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH J. SINGLEY.

Witnesses:

GEO. PERTLE, E. B. BRUMBACK. 

